GC2EGQ2 A step back in time #14 (Traditional Cache) in London, United Kingdom created by Traxxasman11 & Cardea

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A cache by Traxxasman11 & Cardea Message this owner

Hidden : 9/3/2010

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Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

***This series follows the route of 'Watling Street', a road built by the Romans which went from Dover on the southeast coast of England to Wroxeter in Shropshire via London and will pass historical points of interest en-route***

This cache is a black micro (35mm film container) - it is well hidden so once found please replace carefully.

Until the early 19th century, Bexley Heath comprised an area of scrub-land with few buildings (Bexley Heath windmill stood at the corner of what is today Erith Road and Mayplace Road). The heath bordered Watling Street. In 1766 Sir John Boyd had Danson House built in parkland (now Danson Park between Bexleyheath and Welling). In 1814 the land to the north of Bexley that would become Bexleyheath became subject to an Enclosure Act. In 1859 architect Philip Webb designed Red House for the artist, reforming designer and socialist William Morris on the western edge of the heath, in the hamlet of Upton — before Upton became largely developed as a London suburb. The National Trust acquired the house in 2003.

Opposite the cache you will see Upton Road. On the corner of this road once stood Upton College.
The Bexley local directory of 1920 carried an advertisement for Upton College, stating that it had been founded in 1910. Its address then was 323 Broadway. It was a day and boarding school, preparing pupils for the Oxford Locals. By 1934 it had been transferred to no. 62 Crook Log, “Leinster House”. It was bombed out in 1940. Now on the site stands flats.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Yvsg gur yvq ba 'Cvpxsbeq ebnq'.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)